Relativity To Release Faith-Based Film ‘Hillsong–Let Hope Rise’

EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Studios will distribute Hillsong–Let Hope Rise, a film that will be released nationwide May 29. It’s a co-production between Cantinas Entertainment, Grace Hill Media and MediaWeaver Entertainment.

Directed by Michael John Warren (helmed Jay-Z’s Fade to Black) chronicles the unlikely rise of the Australian-based Christian band, Hillsong United, which originated in the Hillsong Church. The music is so popular it is estimated that on any given Sunday, more than 50 million churchgoers around the world are singing their songs. Led by Joel Houston, son of Hillsong Church founders and global senior pastors Brian and Bobbie Houston, all of Hillsong United’s band are volunteers or employees of the church. Their latest album, Zion, reached #1 on the iTunes albums charts and produced the hit Oceans, which topped Billboard’s Christian singles chart for 45 straight weeks. The film follows the band as they labor…